MORE MARTINI? CLASSIC COCKTAIL RECIPES CONTINUED…
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Naturally, there’s far more to a martini than what first hits the palate.
Settler Premium Gin, available to buy online in tidy 375ml and generous 750ml flasks, is your ticket to levelling up the classics below and exploring the wider gin galaxy (bonus points if you pour them into Viski’s stemmed crystal martini glasses - even tradition needs a kick in the pants every now and then):
- Some recipes eliminate vermouth entirely. Playwright Noel Coward famously declared that "a perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin, then waving it in the general direction of Italy.”
- The Churchill martini (supposedly Sir Winston’s weapon of choice) follows a similar philosophy; gin straight from the freezer, paired with nothing more than a sideways glance at a bottle of vermouth or, as he put it, “a bow in the direction of France.”
- A wet martini swings the other way, inviting more vermouth to the party, with a 50-50 martini going full democracy; equal parts gin and vermouth - no favourites.
- Flip that on its head and you’ve got the upside-down or reverse martini - more vermouth than gin.
- A dirty martini contains a splash of olive brine or olive juice with an olive garnish. It’s the martini that turns up to the party in muddy boots and still steals the show.
- Feeling bolder? An extra-dirty martini typically doubles the amount of olive brine or juice.
- A direct or naked martini keeps things icy without the dilution; gin straight from the freezer poured directly into the serving glass alongside the vermouth. No stirring with ice, no added water - just pure, frosty determination.
- A Gibson is a standard dry martini that keeps it classic but swaps the olive for a cocktail onion. Slightly quirky. Undeniably delicious.
- And then there’s the Yale cocktail: a 6:1 martini mingling equal parts vermouth and either Crème de Violette or Crème Yvette (giving it that signature blue hue), plus a dash of Angostura bitters. It’s the martini that shows up dressed for a meeting with the Prime Minister. Maybe Canada's.